Lance Armstrong

Shawna Holm stands in front of her art history appreciation banner at her children’s art space, Gold Country Art Spot, in San Andreas on July 31. She created the banner to educate and interest her art students about renowned artists of the past and other details about art history. Lance Armstrong/Calaveras Enterprise In a demonstration of her love for art and children, Shawna Holm, a graphic designer with a lifelong passion for art, recently opened Gold Country Art Spot, an art instruction space for children in San Andreas.

FacebookTwitterEmailMessengerCopy LinkMessageShare The Enterprise spoke with a local veteran of the senior living industry and three longtime practicing physicians last week regarding dementia, a progressive brain condition that more commonly affects people 65 years old and older.

Angie Ramage, left, and Anissa McGrath stand next to their father’s award-winning automobile: a 1932 Ford Coupe. The car, formerly owned by Mountain Ranch resident Don Wynn and now owned by his daughters, Ramage and McGrath, won the “Best Overall” and “Best Custom” awards at the car show at Mountain Ranch Community Park on Aug. 10. Lance Armstrong/Calaveras Enterprise Mountain Ranch Community Park was the scene of an event that took its attendees on a ride down memory lane on Aug. 10, as the park was transformed into the site of a car show, with many vintage automobiles. At this show, Angie Ramage was presented with the event’s No. 1 honor, the “Best Overall” award, and the “Best Custom” award.

60 YEARS AGO – Aug. 12, 1964 Highway 49 reopened to Moke Hill after 18 months – Eighteen months after construction started, Highway 49, between San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill, was reopened officially to traffic yesterday, Aug. 11. Barriers were removed by state Senator Stephen P. Teale, county supervisor; William Wells of West Point; and L.E. “Red” Daniels, resident engineer […]

New building delivery worries – The administration of the Calaveras Unified School District feels “shaky” about the possibility of the new relocatable school structures being delivered and installed in time for the opening of the new school year.

Florence and Phil Alberts are pictured inside their home in Mountain Ranch on Aug. 18. Florence celebrated her 90th birthday on that day with more than 100 friends and relatives. Phil turned 90 last year. Lance Armstrong/Calaveras Enterprise Longtime Mountain Ranch resident Florence Alberts, on Saturday, Aug. 17, celebrated her 90th birthday with more than 100 friends and relatives, some of whom traveled from out of state to attend the affair.

About 700 people attended an anything-on-wheels car show and chili cookoff near White Pines Lake in Arnold on Saturday, Aug. 17. The event, which is in its 10th year, was a fundraiser for many school programs, charities and nonprofits supported by the Women of the Moose Chapter No. 1714 – the auxiliary of Ebbetts Pass Moose Lodge No. 1123. The […]

About two years ago, a simple conversation between Angels Camp resident Jamie McMurray and an Angels Camp Museum Foundation director led to the creation of history-based summer youth programs headed by McMurray. Earlier this month, McMurray completed her second consecutive year of presenting summer youth programming as a volunteer for this foundation. McMurray told the Enterprise that the creation of […]

60 YEARS AGO – Aug. 26, 1964 ‘Relocatable’ school units ordered by board – Schoolchildren in Mokelumne Hill will start the fall term in brand new classrooms when school opens next Wednesday, Sept. 2. In Valley Springs, two more spanking new classrooms and modern restrooms will open the same day to replace the makeshift quarters in which kindergarten and special […]

60 YEARS AGO – Sept. 2, 1964 Total tax rates range up to $8.84 in county – Tax-wise, the section of the City of Angels located in the Mark Twain Annex is the most expensive place in Calaveras County to own property. It was revealed yesterday, Sept. 1, as final tax rates for the county and its special districts were […]